Hone-holder



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1,340,751. I Patented May 18, 1920.

JAMES A. COLIBERT, 0F DELPHOS, OHIO.

HONE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed. December 5, 1917. Serial No. 205,571.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. CoLBnR'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delphos, in the county of Van VVert and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hone-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 111 the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to tool holders, but more especially to an improved holder for hones such as used in sharpening razors, other edged tools, and cutting blades.

It consists of a unitary structure formed of sheet metal, and preferably spring material having a curved anchorage for the forefinger of users, and clamping teeth, prongs or fingers struck up from the body of the structure itself, for embracing the stone or hone and securely, although removably, holding it in operative position.

The invention will be hereinafter particu larly described and pointed out in the claim following. 7

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this application for Letters Patent, and whereon like numerals indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hone-holder in position for use when sharpening a razor blade.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of holder detached showing a stone in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the invention, applied in operative relation, to a suitable hone, and,

Fig. 4 is a perspective of my improved hone-holder detached.

Reference being had to the drawings and numerals thereon, 5 indicates a hone of ordinary construction, and 6 the body portion of a sheet metal hone-holder preferably of spring material constituting my invention. The said body portion 6 is by preference outwardly diverging as best shown by Fig.

. 4, is provided with integral upwardly and inwardly turned stone-engaging tangs 7 7, at its outermost corners, and at its opposite end 1s rolled or curled upon itself as at 8 to afford an anchorage or hand hold for the index finger of a user.

Adjacent the rolled or curved end 8 of holder, its body portion is provided with another upwardly and inwardly turned tang 9 for engaging the opposite side of hone 5 with spring action as indicated by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

This being the construction of my invention its use and advantages will be apparent to persons accustomed to the use of hones. Ordinarily such hones, oil stones. or whetstones are held loosely in the palm of the left hand parallel with the fingers of a user, who draws the blade to be honed over the surface thereof, as indicated by Fig. 1 of the present drawings. By this usual method obviously there is a liability of the hone, or like article, slipping or shifting its position causing a serious misstroke of the blade in the process of being sharpened; but, it is also apparent that such results are not at all probable where the present invention is employed, the proper relation of the sup porting hand, the hone and the blade being thus maintained at all times with accuracy and precision. Moreover, when not in use it will be observed that the hook member 8 constitutes a convenient means of suspending or hanging the hone upon a suitable towel rack, hook or ledge with its work ing face inverted, and thus in a measure protected from dust which might otherwise collect thereon.

It will also be noted that the several clamping tangs 9 and 7, 7, are arranged in triangular form, and engaging thus the hone 5 upon opposite sides thereof, as shown by Fig. 2, preclude the possibility of a relative pivotal movement between said hone and holder while in use. It may also be noted that the hone 5 may be readily forced in either direction longitudinally between the tang 9 on one side and cooperating tangs 7, 7, on the opposite side, so as to center or adjust the hone to the most comfortable and effective position upon hands of varying size.

This being a description of my invention, what I now claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As an article of manufacture a hone from the opposite end of said body member 10 holder of unltary constructlon comprising a whereby a hone may be securely and ad uStplate havlng a downward extension at one ably gripped in operative posltion.

end curled inwardly to receive the index f In testimony whereof I' affix my signature, finger of a user, a body portion having sides in presenceof two subscribing witnesses. diverging from said end, a clamping tang JAMES A. COLBERT. rising from said body portion where it Vitnesses merges into the downward extension, and a O; G. GRoTHANs,

plurality of similar clamping tangs rising PETER GOEHRING, J r. 

